AAAS Scientific Responsibility, Human Rights and Law Program

Satellite Imagery for
Conflict Prevention and Human Rights:
An Event in Honor of Human Rights Day 2006

Wednesday, 6 December 2006

Panel Discussion 3:00pm-5:00pm
Reception 5:00pm-6:00pm

Every year, the Science and Human Rights Program of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (SHR-AAAS) hosts an event in honor of Human Rights Day. This year, we are joined by the Crisis Prevention and Response Center of Amnesty International USA and the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum's Academy for Genocide Prevention in sponsoring a seminar that explores the impact of Geospatial Technologies on the prevention of human rights abuses. Our panel will discuss how satellite imagery and related technologies are providing evidence of human rights abuses across the world, from Darfur to Zimbabwe, and ways in which satellite imagery could be used to promote and defend human rights in the future. A demonstration of the technology and a photo exhibit will be available during a reception after the panel discussion.

Panel Discussion Participants:

• Alan Leshner, Chief Executive Officer, AAAS and Executive Publisher, Science (Welcome)
• Matthew Levinger, Director, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum's Academy for Genocide Prevention (Moderator)
• Paul D. Williams, Senior Lecturer, University of Birmingham, UK and Visiting Associate Professor, Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University
• Lars Bromley, Senior Program Associate, Office of International Initiatives, AAAS
• Matthew McKinzie, Scientific Consultant, Nuclear Program, Natural Resources Defense Council
• Ariela Blätter, Director, Crisis Preparedness and Response Center, Amnesty International USA
• Debra Liang-Fenton, Executive Director, U.S. Committee for Human Rights in North Korea

To watch streaming video of this event, click on the links below:

Satellite Imagery Conference, part I
Satellite Imagery Conference, part II
Satellite Imagery Conference, part III
Satellite Imagery Conference, part IV

To see past Human Rights Day events, click here.

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